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The Confessions
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
- J. M. Cohen (Translator),
- J. M. Cohen (Designed by),
- J. M. Cohen (Introduction)
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Anonymous
Posted September 15, 2003
The genius as egocentric nudnik
This is a turning point book in Western civilization, a great landmark in the exploration and discovery of the Self. Rousseau goes into more intimate and petty detail about his life than anyone has ever done before. At times this is amusing, very often it is boring. What is surprising is that it is by any standards a revelation of the genius as such a contemptible person. This is revealed especially in his relation to his own children, who he does his best to be rid of as soon as possible, and his terrible relation to the mother of his children. This work opened the way to Romantic subjectivity and the modern making the self the center of Literature and the world. The question for the reader is how much of this they will be able to take before they begin to feel sick.
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